COMPANY IS LOWES

Preparation and Analysis of Common Size Financial

Statements

Objective: Compare your company's Common Size

Financial Statements over the two most recent fiscal years

to draw conclusions about how the company's

performance.

In good form, prepare common$-$size balance sheets and

income statements for your company's most recent fiscal

year$-$end using Excel. $(50$ points$)$

Using the common$-$size income statements, complete

the following table: $(5$ points each$)$

Compare & analyze the common$-$size statements.

Discuss changes in financial structure and profit margin

over the past $2$ years. $(20$ points$)$

Note: Assignment should be professionally prepared and

well$-$written with no spelling$/$grammatical errors. Excel

spreadsheet should be properly formatted using $$-$signs and

$\%-$signs as appropriate. Points will be deducted for

unprofessional submissions.